"Étude" is a
single by musician
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a gu ...
, released in 1984. It is from the album
''The Killing Fields'', the
soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of m ...
album for the
film of the same name. It was reissued in December 1990, when it was used in a commercial for
Nurofen. The 1990 release also featured a track called "Gakkaen" by The Ono Gagaku Kai Society.
"Étude" is taken from the
Francisco Tárrega piece "
Recuerdos de la Alhambra".
Music video
The music video for "Étude" which appears on the
''Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield'' video shows a boy watching parts of ''The Killing Fields'' on a television from a
reel-to-reel tape machine and looking through photographs. The boy also plays with a
Fairlight CMI
The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, music sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight.
— with links to some Fairlight history and photos
It was based on a commerc ...
, which the soundtrack album was composed on.
Track listing
7-inch vinyl
# "Étude" (edit) – 3:07
# "Evacuation" (edit) – 4:11
12-inch vinyl
# "Étude" – 4:38
# "Evacuation" – 5:13
1990 release
# "Étude" – Mike Oldfield
# "Gakkaen" – The Ono Gagaku Kai Society
References
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1984 singles
1990 singles
Mike Oldfield songs
Virgin Records singles
1984 songs
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